CFW PS4, upgrade HDD?
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Ok, I see, and you can't get 5.05 from anywhere anymore.
Can't I just do a perfect clone of this HDD?
Can't I just do a perfect clone of this HDD?
5.05 update and recovery firmware here. Enjoy!
https://psarchive.ayakalounge.me/PS4UPDATE5.05REC.PUP
https://psarchive.ayakalounge.me/PS4UPDATE5.05REC.PUP
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There wouldn't happen to be any tutorials or instructions for this anywhere would there? Because my two questions are:
1. I don't want to throw my new hdd in there and have it automatically give me the latest firmware. How do you avoid that?
2. Is there any way to get my saves (and even some of the game isos) off the old hdd?
3. a sort of related question...couldn't you just have a jailbreak hdd and a non-jailbreak hdd to use each one when you needed? Or does it not work like that?
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You can disable your PS4 internet connection + unplug LAN Cable, then replace HDD/SSD on your PS4 then update PS4 connect a USB 5.05 from safe mode.
Ok, thank you. Saves seem easy just through the PS4 menu. But is there any way to get the PS4 game isos I currently have off the hdd? There are one or two that I don't have on my computer backed up.
And also, is this exploit guide still valid, because I'll have to run it again on the new hdd obviously.
And also, is this exploit guide still valid, because I'll have to run it again on the new hdd obviously.
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@tinpanalley
1) Do what 윤희지 said. Just fully disable Internet connection by removing the Ethernet cable and not setting up WiFi. This will prevent download of any newer firmware.
2) You can perform a backup for saves using the official method available in the OS and back them up to a USB drive/portable HDD -> https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps4/settings/data_usb.html
Backing up games is a different thing. You can't back them up as easy as the saves. Basically the best method would be to connect to the network, load the FTP payload and connect with a FTP client to the FTP server on your PS4. Then you have to download the installed PKG files of the games to back them up.
Imho. If you have the installation FPKGs backing up the installed games is not really much of use. You can simply install the games again after changing HDD and import your saves later for the games. If you don't have the installation FPKGs this would be your only method to peform a backup of the installed games, unfortunately.
3) No, you can't. It won't work. Everytime you change HDDs it will ask you to reinstall FW. And once you install a newer FW than 5.05 (i.e. on your non jailbreak HDD) you can never go back to a lower FW version. Good bye jailbroken PS4 in that case. The security chip SAMU of the PS4 stores which version was installed on the PS4 and prevents downgrades.
Edit: Yes, that guide is still valid and up to date.
About your question on backing up games. See my reply to your 2nd question from your previous post. You can download a copy of the installed game via FTP payload. And saves can be backed up through the PS4 OS itself.
1) Do what 윤희지 said. Just fully disable Internet connection by removing the Ethernet cable and not setting up WiFi. This will prevent download of any newer firmware.
2) You can perform a backup for saves using the official method available in the OS and back them up to a USB drive/portable HDD -> https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps4/settings/data_usb.html
Backing up games is a different thing. You can't back them up as easy as the saves. Basically the best method would be to connect to the network, load the FTP payload and connect with a FTP client to the FTP server on your PS4. Then you have to download the installed PKG files of the games to back them up.
Imho. If you have the installation FPKGs backing up the installed games is not really much of use. You can simply install the games again after changing HDD and import your saves later for the games. If you don't have the installation FPKGs this would be your only method to peform a backup of the installed games, unfortunately.
3) No, you can't. It won't work. Everytime you change HDDs it will ask you to reinstall FW. And once you install a newer FW than 5.05 (i.e. on your non jailbreak HDD) you can never go back to a lower FW version. Good bye jailbroken PS4 in that case. The security chip SAMU of the PS4 stores which version was installed on the PS4 and prevents downgrades.
Edit: Yes, that guide is still valid and up to date.
About your question on backing up games. See my reply to your 2nd question from your previous post. You can download a copy of the installed game via FTP payload. And saves can be backed up through the PS4 OS itself.
Thank you very much for the thorough help. Everyone here, in fact. Actually now that I think about it, though I was thinking about FTPing the games over to my desktop, then I thought after reading your reply, that's twice the work because I have to send them to my desktop and then reinstall them anyway. I can probably still acquire the FPKG I need.
Thanks again! I'm just scared to put in a new hdd and have the thing screw up on me, but I guess if it has absolutely no means of going online, it can never update to today. I'm guessing safe mode has an option for updating from the PUP on the flash drive like the PS3 used to.
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Yes, safe mode has a reinstallation option that'll load firmware recover images from a connected USB thumb drive.
You can literally follow the official Sony documentation: https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/g...ode-initialise-ps4-reinstall-system-software/ (Click on "How do I manually reinstall the PS4 System Software using Safe Mode?").
Just of course use the 5.05 FW recovery PUP instead of the latest firmware.
You can literally follow the official Sony documentation: https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/g...ode-initialise-ps4-reinstall-system-software/ (Click on "How do I manually reinstall the PS4 System Software using Safe Mode?").
Just of course use the 5.05 FW recovery PUP instead of the latest firmware.